01 August, 2017

What's next after Venezuela's Constituent Assembly vote?

After
over eight million Venezuelans voted for their delegates to the ANC,
teleSUR looks at the next steps in the process.

After
Sunday's vote for the National Constituent Assembly, Venezuela enters
a new legislative and election period.

Over
eight million people voted in Venezuela's election Sunday — a
turnout of over 41 percent, according to electoral authorities — to
choose from 6,120 candidates for the 545-member ANC.

Public
servants, including governors, mayors, and lawmakers, could not run
as candidates unless they resigned from their positions. Candidates
did not represent their political parties but competed on an
individual basis to become a delegate for the ANC.

"It
is the only way to summon the full sovereignty of the people and lay
the foundations of the recovery of peace in the Republic,"
President Nicolas Maduro said on May 1.

"This
is a Constituent Assembly to bring order, do justice and defend the
peace," Maduro said Monday.